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L. J. HARDY.

GUTTER AND SPOUT.

No. 326,647. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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GUTTER AND'SPOUT. No. 326,647. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS JULES HARDY, OF ROUEN, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO HIPPOLYTE HARDY, OFNEWV YORK, N. Y.

GUTTER AND SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 326.6%7, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Lotus J ULES HARDY, a citizen of the FrenchRepublic, and a resident of Rouen, France, have invented certainImprovements in Gutters and Spouts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates,in the main,to that class of open spouts or guttersof which eaves-spouts are common examples; and the object of myinvention is, in part, to provide improved means forjoining together thesections of such gutters or spouts and, in part, to means for joiningtogether, by metal conplings,speciallyconstructed sections of suchgutters or spouts made from compressed paper, papier-mach, &c.

The class of gutters to which my invention belongs have usually beenmade of cast-iron in sections, one end of the section being made plainand the other end provided with a female socket or boxing to receive theplain end of the adjacent section. On the exterior faces of this boxingprojecting shoulders or keepers are formed, and when the ends of thesections are fitted together with a packingstrip, usually of rubber,between them two clamps are employed-one on each sidewhich take underthe keepers and over the edges of the sections to clamp them together.This construction calls for two extraneous clamps, and the clamp andkeeper on the side next the wall or structure to which the gutterisattached forms an objectionable projection, which must be provided forin building the structure; or, in the case of structures already built,the latter must be cut away to make room for these projections. Inmaking the joints in such gutters I have found also that thepacking-strip is liable to be displaced or twisted.

The object of my invention is to avoid these inconveniences by soconstructing the joint that only one extraneous clamp is required and noprojection isformed at the joint on one side. Means are also providedfor keeping the packing-strip in place while the joint is being made,and by my preferred construction the sections of gutter may be made ofpaper and the boxing made of metal.

In the drawings I have shown my invention as applied to gutters orspouts wholly of metal and as applied to gutters of paper and metalcombined. I will say, however, that the latter construction would servealso for all-metal gutters, and it would be possible, perhaps, to applythe first-named construction to'gutters composed wholly of paper. I v

The first four figures of the drawings show the construction I usuallyemploy for cast-iron gutters, Figure-1 being a longitudinal verticalmid-section through thejoint ofsuch agutter, the section being taken inthe plane indicated by line 1 1 in Fig.2." Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.taken ,throughthe joint in the plane indicated by line 3' 3 in Fig. 2.Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the gutter-sections.

The application of my invention to a gut- Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionter made of paper with metal boxes at the joints is illustrated inFigst5 and 6, the for mer being a section similar to Fig. 1, and thelatter a plan similar to Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a view showing my specialtool for pressing the parts together in making thejoint, and Fig. 8 is aperspective view of the boxing made sep arate from the guttersection.

As illustrated in the first four figures,all the sections of the gutterare constructed alike, each having one plain end and one end providedwith a recessed enlargement or box to receive the plain end of theadjacent section. This box is in some respects similar to that on theend of water and gas pipes. A and B are like sections of gutter, theplain end a of section A fitting into the box b, formed in this caseintegrally with the section B. O is a packing-strip, of rubber or othersuitable packing material, interposed between the inner face of box I)and the exterior face of a. On the upper edge of box I), at the left,asseen in Fig. 3, is formed an inwardly-overhanging keeper, 0, and onthe upper edge of said box, on the opposite side, is formed anexteriorlyprojecting keeper or shoulder, d, which is usually undercut atits lower edge. D is a clamp, which, when the joint is made, takes overthe edges of the box b and the gutterseotion a and under the keeper d,thus securely clamping all the parts together.

I will now explain the operation of joining the sections together. Thepacking strip 0 is first placed in the box I), with its end resting in arecess, e, formed in the keeper 0. This recess holds-thepacking-stripagainst any lateral movement while the joint is being made.After the strip 0 is placed the plain end a of the section A is put inplace by inserting its upper edge under the overhanging keeper 0 on boxI), as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and then pressing it downinto box 1) onto the packing Q to the position shown in full lines inFig. 3that is to say, until its upper edges are substantially on thesame level with the edges of section B. This pressure may be effected inany way. I employ a special tool for the purpose,which is illustrated inFig. 7. This tool comprises a curved lever, E, the end of which engagesa slot at z'in a fulcrum-hook, F. This hook is caught under the keeperd, and the convex side of the lever is brought to bear on the'upper edgeof section A,as clearly gutter-sections.

shown. A pin,j, in the end of the lever E prevents the latter fromslippingout of the slot. -The hook F does notoccupy the whole widthofkeeper d, and ample room is left to apply clamp D before'hook' F isremoved.

.In order to enable the'workman to place the packing-strip O properly,I: usually form a slight groove, 9, in the box b',=as seen in Figs.

1 and 4. This forms a seat for. the packing, I

and may be made of any suitable depth. I do not consider this groove-asessential. prefer to employ in this construction a 0y.-

lindrical packing-strip of rubber; but the formand material of the-stripmay be varied with out departing from my invention. I

,Figs. 5, 6, and 8 illustrate the preferred construction where paper isemployed for the In this case the sections A and B are made plain fromend to end, and alike at both ends. The box b is made of metal, usuallycast or malleable iron, and separate, of course, from thegutter-sections, as seen in Fig. 8. Both sections are laid in the metalbox and secured therein by keeper 0 and clamp D. One broad packing-stripmay be employ- I also gutter.

I do not limit myself to the-special construction herein shown, and Ireserve to myself the right to employ all proper equivalents of myinvention and colorable variations thereof.

Having thus described my invention, .1 claimr trough or gutter, of abox. providedwith an pediment to the flow of liquid through the 1. Thecombination, with two sections of a interiorly arranged keeper ononeside, and an exteriorly-arranged keeper on the other side, apacking-strip, and a clamp, all substantially ,as and for the purposesset forth. I

2. The combinatloh, with trough-secti'ons'A :and B, made of paper, of ametal box, b, pro-- vided with an int-eriorly-arranged keeper, 0, ionone side and an exteriorly-arranged keeper,

d, on the other side, a packing-strip, and a clamp, D, all arrangedsubstantiallyas and;

for the purposes set forth.

3. A metal box, b, for joining together two sec, '1

tions of a gutter, provided with an interiorl'yarranged keeper, 0, witha recess, e, to hold the packing strip, andan exteriorly-arranged,undercut-keeper, d, to receive the clamp, substantially as set forth. y

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed.

my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

E. BURDENITT, J r., E. FoNnMEN.

LOUIS JULEs HARDY.

